Milwaukee County

Home purchase gives son of immigrant a second chance

A 29-year-old Milwaukee man is the subject of a Washington Post story that describes how the purchase of a home along the banks of the Kinnickinnic River by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has transformed his life.

Two years ago the district began buying homes along the river to demolish them to make room for larger flood plains.

The homes include the one where Mario Ramirez, the son of a Mexican immigrant, grew up.